If you spend enough time around Debian and Ubuntu folks, you are sure to see someone praising the benefits of Aptitude over Apt-Get for package management. Aptitude, which has both an n-curses semi-graphical version and a command-line version, is superior according to some, but there are plenty who still prefer apt-get. What follows are some […]

Ncurses a program for POSIX-compliant operating systems (Linux, Unix, BSD, etc) that is designed to provide a text-based visual interface for a variety of tools. Essentially, programs that rely on ncurses can display GUI-like interfaces within a terminal emulator that support keyboard and even mouse navigation just as a true GUI program would.
Some of the […]

In previous posts, we have examined some of the features of APT, the Debian package management system, and learned how to install, update, and remove packages. Aptitude is a text-based frontend for APT that makes it easier to browse through packages, search, and manage them.
While APT operates completely from the command line, Aptitude uses […]